Prince Rupert Daily News As I See It Parliament Hill By GEORGE M. MURRAY, M.P., Cariboo 'lit -.-Vl , f J. I . , , Thursday, May 14, 1953 ;. ' .' OTTAWA As Canada's twenty-I Peace River natural ga.i Into the I Ifuos wo "! I 1 I Qll UMDtSCOt'l f k : ye r i more first Parliament neared Its end, Northwestern States was discus-the Coronation of Elizabeth II sed and agreement reached that began to draw loyal Canadians was satisfactory to both states- lb UiJrpeudeut dfjiy newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of Prlna Buport and Northern and Central British Columbia. Member of Canadian Press Audit Bureau of Circulation Canadian Dally Newspaper Association. Published by "Hie Prince Rupert Dalljr News Limited J. r. MAUOR, President H. O. PERRY, Vice-President Bubscrlntlon Rates: yinmm- Bj carrier Per ween. 25c; per montb 1.0t; per year, 10.00 IKgSwD By mall- Pp motiiJi, 15c, per year. 98.00. tutborlzed as uicond class n-.all i tbe Post Offlor Department, Ottawa. A Note of Urgency trwnrds London. The Prime Min- ;me:i. OPTOMETRlc; r i ip lster and his wife will lead the a,ynl L n il 1 Speeding up of American action regarding the St. Lawrence Seaway project is one of the big achievements of the conference. Always envisaged as a Joint I - . , S1 jr.. ... contingent from Ottawa. It has been a busy week for Prime Minister St. Laurent. Before departing for London mid the crowning of his sovereign, j undertaking, the Prime Minister subject of an airport for Prince reported the chief Importance of he made a quick Journey to the HILK U the WHILE Rupert f still rates headlines, however traffic Rm 10, stow Bc I Blue 5tt J vi?'!. .V United States capital ior a conference with President Eisenhower. ' The St. Laurewt-Eisenhower meeting may have resulted in which Is the strengthening of the- defence of both nations. ' Our trade relations with the USA and with the rest of the' world can be our greatest secur- : Hy," the Prime Minister told us. : "Division and the blocking of ; trade channels between free nations can win for our adver-.sarieis a bloodless war." As for the njw look presented by the USSR to the world, the Prime Minister reported that .shaping the liade putlei n of i Canada for the next decade. It i was more important, in terms of ! world commercial Interest, than oca any other international conference in many years. The Prime Minister di'l not announce a date fof the general elections In Canada, but he drew fiom the Washington conference IN EARLIER articles I showed that one main Social Credit proposal is to set up total "Just Price Fixing." Under Social Credit's "Just Prie" all poods would be sold in stores at a fraction of their cost price approximately 40 per cent of cost of production. The difference 60 per cent) would be made up by issues of Social Credit cheque-book money. The Financial Controller would be, according to the Soc-reds themselves, above purlia. ment, and not subject to parliamentary control or removal. I reasoned that It would take a vast army of police-stale bureaucrats to maintain the "Just Price" lixed by the Controller. BUT AN EQUALLY unsound proposal is the Socred National Dividend which would be issued to every person In the country. Social Credit theorists distinctly state that this dividend would be sufficient for everybody to live on whether or not that person chose to work. W. A. Tulte says on page 237 See flie net: what may be his chief plank In there was no likelihood of the free nations being deceived. "If the Russians are sincere, then they can very well pack up fair words witB fair deeds," said the Canadian statesman, "and we In Canada will be the first to applaud their actions towards world peace." The very .thought of higher American tariffs causes a shud- ihe platform which he will place before the Canadian people some time Inter this year of l!j:"3. He briefly stated that plunk will be one of extending oppor- I tunity for world trade for Can ada and the freeing of trat'e blocks the world around. He will - - -J ! ..in ail ism. m j--n- 't3 j likely announce a reciprocity I der to run up and down the i agreement with the AniericnnsJ backs of residents at Prince Rupert, who know that It would be an end to the prosperous TIIE Dl'KE OF KDINBI'RCUI, shown in the uniform of a lieutenant-commander of the royal navy, made a strong first impression on Princess Elizabeth by stowing away a plate of shrimps and a banana split. It happened in 1939 at Dartmouth Eoyal Naval College. Elizabeth, then J3, and Philip, an 18-year-old cadet, met in the captain's home near the college. The romance bloomed sometime later. III as an Important part of the Canadian policy. He believes that the more than 14,000,000 people who live north of the 49th parallel can do business daily with the 15b.000.00O Americana who reside to the ;;outh. "We now have an annual trade between Canada an dthe U.S.A. of "Douglas Social Credit for times enjoyed by the fishing industry on the North Pacific. Higher United States tariffs night also close down the cellulose plant at Prince Rupert and lay olf many hundreds of employees. ' Hither United States tarifls Canada": AUTOMATIC OViH REFLECTS and REMINISCES "It Is frequently suggested that if you provide the entire population with the National Say PUSH BUTTON (0!i larger than that between anyUvomd be a severe blow to the i Dividend and as a result of other two nations in the world," Du!n and Paper industry through SPACIOUS MASTER rapid economic progress the Dividend proves enough to pro STREAMLINER ori he told Parliament upon his return from Washington and the Elsenhower talks. "It must continue that way." vide at least a reasonable level of subsistence without being Llie cause, it is necessary to express a warning that this is something we cannot afford to forget or lose sight of among other topics as soon as the clamor has died. Everyone is pleased that Transport Minister Oievrier replied so definitely to the query of our liemher, E. T. Applewhaite, about the government's jlan in this respect. Although the cause of Monday's iccident in the harbor remains to be determined, it s possible, as Mr. Applewhaite said, that the disaster would have never occurred if aircraft serving Prince Rupert did not depend on water-landing facilities. We are confident that the government is impressed with this point and is as anxious as we fire to see it remedied. At the same time, it should be observed that tbe government's intention to investigate feasibility of an airport here through an on-the-spot survey has been known to this city for some time. Expenditure of $50,000 for this purpose was approved early in the year, and from that it was concluded that an airport would be built if conditions warranted. What we deduce from the latest announcement, therefore, is that a note of urgency has been added. If tin's deduction is correct, there is cause for rejoicing although not for relaxing our vigil. The campaign for a Prince Rupert airport goes back far into the years. Since it started, so many smaller and less strategically located communities have been furnished with paved runways that Prince Rupert, without a runway of any description, has become a pathetic oddity in comparison as a transportation centre. . While it is notural that we should have felt disappointed in our fate for local reasons, the benefits of such a project actually make our own little interests look like a minor consideration. Here is a "place which flights from the north; south and west can approach over water, thus giving them a much greater margin of safety than is usually found in this part of the country. Eastwards there' is a natural route for connection with the major air centre of Edmonton. Add to these factors the growing populace of the Prince Rupert district and accessibility to widely-flung Pacific points, and the total advantages come to plenty plus. For these reasons, and with sharp awareness of Monday's terrible occurrence, we read in Mr. Ohevrier's words an assurance there will be complete and immediate action. The case is so strong that no other interpretation makes sense. Totem poles at Prince Rupert cure. It entails work. Queen-are said to be as sound as ever. Anne milled herself a "crowned We always have had the idea slave." And Shakespeare refer-the first century is the' hardest, red to the crown in these words: out Canada, but more especially to the flourishing brunch of that industry in British Columbia, where thousands of people are employed. augmented from other sources I that a majority of the popula $359.0 "O polished perturbation! gold- ' " wi,s ,r""',",y " y, the miner MP from East n- - en care! That keep st the ,x,rts j K(j.,U tion would refuse to work. There U'S been customary for book The very fact of the US keeping our dairy products from entering their markets, has aheudy bioiight havoc to many eastern and middle western dairymen. ;are two apparent reasons aa-j0Vprs at prince Rurt to pay a of slumber open wide to many a jvanced to support this idea: modest fine when late with re-; watchful night." j "1. That money for nothing turning a volume, which is some- ! -, On Display No I Minister with the Idea of visiting Washington to discuss trade . ,.. . 7 . matter. , l.lllll in M'llin It u. tlmmln n hn mitlppil the closing of the whu i m-niv rdfoi-nnpM tn . ... ... .similarly, RUPERT Rt! market to cattle demoralizes . the recipient; 2. ; thing quite reasonable and to be That the average man would I expected. Ye there is no oeca-i rather spend his time in idle-! son to worry. After seven years, Iness than any useful occupation. ;a Vancouver borrower has been I "It is strange that nearly j heard from. It was, you see, ' some weeKS ago inai ceriani .. . o..,i,, Prince Rupert as that "outpost s,.nutors were working up a case ,,rta f'H of the north?" This is neither an lor a USA embargo against zinc ' 7flh,, L niitnnxt nor is it the home nf j . -.V.-li- .... i lre business every rancher in AND ElECIE: from one end of - iiriii ifHii irfiiii iiiiNHH' tut mud Canada to the other. everyone who offers these so- merely found. snow, glaciers ana locaieo in a of Uncle Sam. jimirie Byrne That's different i i called reasons refers In point of i Telephone 64 remote corner or some semi-civil- lold parament Just what that ,lizr;d state, . ... , . : would mean to the Kooteiiay Try !aily New Want Ads IF POSSIBLE k . rat-. . -3 hX J?:i l1 ,v--7, ;'.. .V J") . - 1. . f" - - A . v ' - ls - !' "".:4 l - .-...j ' t"":i, -: ' . i .r 4 7" 45- The Minister of Finance, Mr I fact to his neighbor, and never ite himself." ! WHAT LOGGER will leave hia . country -close down half its Abbott, continues to urge mksm Eevnt tells Britain to beat it minus If. wns vicious he slH to credit in Canada and by this he int0 lne SPa Wjthin another few 1 surest such a thing. means both wholesale and retail We cannot do any bettter, Mr. c Abbott says, than cultivate tljg saving habit. I Wearing the crown is no sine- wife or girl friend,- and gc hundreds of miles into the bush working in all kinds of weather, I and keep on doing that job merely for love of work? Why should the logger, miner, ditch-digger, bus-driver work if he could live at home in comfort with nothing harder to do than carry his "National Dividend" down to the bank for the money? I know painters who will keep on painting, living on crusts in an attic who would rather die than not paint. I know some musicians who feel the same Weeks, and In Eastern Africa, as j If the USA did that to us then ; well ar in South Africa, Britain i we should hike up an export hears threats of being forced embargo on our Canadian nickel, j into the ocea.i. This is no novelty ! asbestos, cobalt, uranium and to G.B. If the latter hastened I other metals and minerals vital away, however, it would be. to Uncle Sum's economy and im- I ported by the Americans in vast "It's good to be home," says 1 quantities from Canada. ; Private Arthur Raker of Quebec, 1 The Jimmie Byrne speech was after landing in Vancouver from i widely published in the Ameri-i Korea. As a general rule, we j ean press. It was the spark which complain a lot about our coun- I could have set off a violent country. But there come times when j flagratlon between Canada and a trip aboard can change the j the USA. "Uncle Louis" proceed-subjeet. Especially, when you've cd to put out that spark. : been 111 and a prisoner. j ' Prime Minister St. Laurent j snent two days with the Presi- P THE cyL ETTERBOX FOR YOUR Telephone Directory POWER AVAILABLE The Editor, The Daily News: We note a statement in your way a few artists oi an types and people who crave public recognition, like politicians or dent and when he got back to : report to Parliament, he had a WORLDS BALANCE paper yesterday which would It Ls not at all unlikely that story to tell which delighted the In lmr.nl.. tl.n t", ' . U ll .1 preachers. But I do not know of a single ii fcWt.ULy jrai.f ouiu-rtu.v- ' IJIt-'lJlUriS ilUIll Ull JU1 Lll'S. MUST DE IN BY MAY 31st coal miner or any other kind of miner who would willingly an combination will have overtaken the free world's technol-ofdc.al lead. When that day comes the only thing that will infer that there exists a .lack of available power supply on Digby Island for the purposes of a larding field. May we please point out that during the last war, this company :upptied power to nrilitary installations ' on Digby Island, There would be no embargo business between the countries over metals and, particularly, metals vital to defence. A ioint international com- Scripture f-assuge fw'Jodatj "I will glorify thy'name for evermore." Psalm 80:12. riease submit your thannes IN WHITISH to Hi' spend his life underground if he could live without workngi just toy cashing in the Social Credit National Dividend. People only do the hardest, dirtiest Telephone Oepartment, City f J'rimf I'"!""' save the worl.-lfrom destruction j wlll wc fear on oolli sMeV.-The I mittee is to be set up to discuss ; T . J a mm OTTAWA' nwurk under .compulsion.". having possibly the same power requirement as would be neces I DON'T THINK the reporters ACT NOm or editors oL this paper would only hope wii! be sanity " and ; economic problems bet'wecn the world government which seem two countries 'Just" as we now further away today than they have a Joint defence committee, did years ago. In any case it is - The USA agrees to continue not too strong to say and repeat the present reciprocity plan for that the rise of the new Com- one more year, munist China has changed the Peace River people will be de-world's balance of power. I lighted to hear that import of Ey Norman M. MacLeoo sary for a landing field. This capacity is still available, and we would ask you to assure your readers that this company turn up at the crack of dawn to work if those fabulou Social Credit dividends would keep would be able to supply in full. their families without working if , the power requirements of any Also, what would happen otherwise Canadians might regard the treaty as purely military in Its commitments and purposes and perhaps be suspicious of It. United States therefore agreed to the clauses simply as a public relations de In Albert's Ottawa oa-sis, a Parliamentarian is a Parliamen- tarian. That Is to say. he's a person of importance to be treated with becoming consideration. He doesn't have to be a Cabinet Minister of even a star solo performer in House debates to get the postman suddenly said to!"ng field which might lie himself: "Why should I wear i constructed on Digby Island, mvsplf nut carrvlne around The wireless station and all these National Dividend cheques ! Department of Transport build vice aimed at capturing the sup- t,, that lazy ex.logger now lying MILD" ENJOY port of Canadian opinion ings on Digny are at present supplied with power by this company, but as the existing at home 1 nbed? Why should I "Yet now Canada wants Con- 1 be the only one to bet bunions power lines in inis iocauon are gress to accept the clauses as on my feet?" situated on Department of tieing Us hands In the matter of tariff action," a sympathetic Transport property and are the ruonerty of said department, in Conservative MP commented. The Liberal MP continued. "Only the most naive schoolboy," THERE is much good in some of the main arguments made by Social Credit theorists against the present system. But their "practical" proposals are so fantastically foolish that in my opinion they would lead to outright and swift disaster if attempted. Both in Russia and Germany deliberate monetary inflation comforting recognition. i That's one reason the atmosphere in Albert's Is so Intimate and homey. Rarely do Cabinet Ministers come in to make it stulfy. Rather is it the rendezvous of the MPs who are conscious of the contrast between . the majestic vastness of the , House of Commons and the limited nature of their own oratorical prowess. Being desirous of expressing themselves somewhere, Albert's seems to them an appropriate place. So if you're in a listening mood, you're apt to hear a lot of common-sense spoken about a variety of Important topics. ne said, "would dream of being able to put over anything so preposterous to Congress. The truth is that NATO Is a military and defence alliance only. The sooner we stop trying to make it moru than that, the sooner we conserve our energies and avoid cluding the sub-marine supply cable, it is not possible to utilhje them for supply to the community of Dodge Cove. However, they would be available for an airport or could be enlarged If necessary and no difficulty is anticipated In supplying the needs of such an installation. T. B. BLACK, General Manager, Nortlwrn B.C. power Co. CIGARETTE was the Instrument used to pave the way for dictatorship. In my opinion that would be the sure result of Social Credit, too. disappointments." The Conservative MP agreed and added a rhetorical flourish. "Trying W maintain that the For instance, there was the back-bench Liberal MP who Player's tatfe belter bacaui they're mode Irom mWr tobaccos. And Player's freshness bring ut all the flavour of theta milder tobaccos . . . makei Player's thf mildul, btt-tatling cigarette you can tmoke. Try a packagel economic clauses of NATO mean i anything binding on U.8. sov- j erelgnty," he said, "Is as hopeless a3 getting Albert here to! thought the Washington trip of the Prime Minister and External Affairs Minister Pearson a sheer give you a Jjottle of rnUk to take May 1 take the opportunity of thanking my many friends for their past patronage on the occasion of my leaving, and on this occasion I take pleasure in introducing my successor, Mr. Keith R Tucker, Th Mm John Player c (oni on Ht pochoo t your guarontt thai ovory cigarttlf) waste of valuable ministerial time and Jess valuable public money. "They're trying to argue with Washington," the Liberal said, "that the NATO Treaty has economic co-operation clauses '. In it which the trade restrictive policies of Congress are violating. Everyone knows or should know that the economic clauses were only put Into NATO as window-dressing. Pearson said that they had to be added because nome so your wife will think you've been spending the tver ning in a dairy." The Liberal MP pondered the illustration carefully, accepted it finally as relevent, and proceeded to develon It. "As a matter of fact." he said, "it's camouflage. Aua camouflage is something you're always better off without It's something more to explain, and" It's liable to lead to Just more argument." Canada's Mildest Cigarette I Optometrist